Spud Derby

Okay, so our friends, the Broadbents, from our ward are from Idaho and started a fun annual dinner and spud derby contest last year. Say what??? Yeah, that's what we said. We weren't here to experience it last year, so we weren't quite sure what to expect. We were to bring any type of potato that we wanted and they provided us with axles and wheels. The rest was pretty much up to us! Whatever people wanted to do was totally up to them...the only rule was that the spud had to fit on the "official pine wood derby" track. They had some pretty awesome prizes for the winners. Unfortunately we had to leave before the race was completed (due to having a newborn at home). It was such a blast! Clint had the brilliant idea to bring some of our Mr. Potato Head parts and incorporate them into ours. I think it turned out quite cute...even though it wasn't fast at all! We now know the tricks and maybe next year we'll win! Watch out y'all!

Clint working hard on our masterpiece!

Some of the other creative cars...

impressive huh? Who would have thought to make a mouse out of a yam?!

love the final touch (F+C)

Some of the guys took this quite seriously! I think they were reliving their pinewood derby days!

Yeah, that's ours in last place. =)

This is a final shot after the race. Note: I said after. Yeah, our first run Mr. Spud didn't even make it across the finish line! (Clint wants me to note that was just the first run. We did have another run and it did make it.)